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Pasta Carbonara
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I am a mediocre chef, but did I see that the egg yolks used in the sauce never got cooked? What happened with the egg whites?
So they get cooked using the heat of the pasta itself (/some of the pasta water). You have to be pretty quick to 1) make sure there's enough heat and 2) keep from making scrambled eggs.
Here's a Babbish video with a good walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoHnwOHLiMk&ab_channel=BabishCulinaryUniverse
I'm not a cook nor Italian, but I think the egg yolks in here got cooked in what was effectively a double boiler? In carbonara, the yolks are meant to be gently cooked, emulsifying the sauce without fully setting.
I believe the whites aren't used in the recipe, and would need to be used for a different recipe.
Save the whites for meringue, like traditional italian tiramisu will need.
Yolks: look up "coddling"; whites: reserved for aioli, ofc.